[eepro100] [eepro100-bug] two i82559 on board do not work

Donald Becker becker@scyld.com
Tue Oct 1 09:04:01 2002


On Tue, 1 Oct 2002, Anton Yurchenko wrote:
> Donald Becker wrote:
> >On Tue, 1 Oct 2002, Anton Yurchenko wrote:
> >>>On Tue, 1 Oct 2002, Anton Yurchenko wrote:
> >>>>Donald Becker wrote:
> >>>>
> >>>>>On Wed, 25 Sep 2002, Anton Yurchenko wrote:
> >>>>>OK, you have a failure of some sort.
> >>>>>You can read the configuration EEPROM, but the chip can't operate on the bus.
> >>>>>It appears that the card isn't enabled as a bus master, or the modified
> >>>>>driver you are using isn't initializing the chip correctly.
> >
> >What is the detection message?
> >Are there any error messages?
> >
> in dmesg I get bunch of wait_for_cmd timeout.
> I also was not able to get this card to work under win2000 server.

What is the detection message?
What are the exact error messages?

> >>Index #2: Found a Intel i82557/8/9 EtherExpressPro100 adapter at 0xd000.
> >>i82557 chip registers at 0xd000:
> >>  00000000 00000000 00000000 00080002 10000000 00000000
> >>  No interrupt sources are pending.
> >>   The transmit unit state is 'Idle'.
> >>   The receive unit state is 'Idle'.
> >>  This status is unusual for an activated interface.


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